Arnold Vinick, of course, was the Republican Presidential candidate on "The West Wing." Many of us liked his no-nonsense approach and knew that he was a fictional character; that the Republicans would never select someone like him as their candidate.
With Romney and Huckabee falling over each other putting Jesus on their sleeves, I found these classic quotes by Vincik:
"I don't see how we can have a separation of church and state in this government if you have to pass a religious test to get in this government. And I want to warn everyone in the press and all the voters out there if you demand expressions of religious faith from politicians, you are just begging to be lied to. They won't all lie to you but a lot of them will. And it will be the easiest lie they ever had to tell to get your votes. So, every day until the end of this campaign, I'll answer any question anyone has on government, But if you have a question on religion, please go to church."
http://westwing.bewarne.com/sixth/620wetrust.html